Nicholas Crafts

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Nicholas F. R. Crafts (born March 9, 1949, Nottingham, England) is Professor of Economics and Economic History at the University of Warwick, a post he has held since 2005. Previously he was a world renowned Professor of Economic History at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) between 1995-2005. His main fields of interest are the British Economy in the last 200 years, European Economic Growth, Historical data on the British economy, the Industrial Revolution and international income distribution, especially with reference to the Human Development Index. He has produced a substantial body of papers for academic journals, the British government and international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund.

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He was a student at Trinity College, Cambridge and graduated in 1970. From 1971 to 1972 he was a lecturer in Economic History at the, University of Exeter. 1974-1986 he was Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. 1987-1988 he was Professor of Economic History at the University of Leeds and from 1988-1995 he was Professor of Economic History, at the University of Warwick. 1995-2005 he was Professor of Economic History, at the London School of Economics. In 2005 he rejoined the University of Warwick.